The Brad Pitt and George Clooney starrer action comedy Wolfs, which premiered on Apple TV+ on September 27, has become the platform's most watched film, even though the viewership numbers were not revealed by Apple. According to Apple Studios, viewership skyrocketed by nearly 30% week over week on the service in more than 100 countries.
The film had a one-week theatrical run last month in the US and also premiered at the Venice Film Festival. "Audiences worldwide boosted the film to a global hit, with viewership spikes seen in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and more," said Apple. A sequel to the film was announced last month.
Jon Watts, best known for directing the most recent Spider-Man trilogy for Sony, has signed a deal with Apple to write and direct the sequel, which will be a continuation of the first film that stars Brad Pitt and George Clooney as fixers who accidentally end up working the same job. The film marks their reunion after 2008's Burn After Reading. It is yet to be announced if the duo will return to reprise their roles for the sequel.
The cast also stars Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan, Richard Kind, and Zlatko Burić. The film is produced by Clooney's Smokehouse and Pitt's Plan B.
Watts and McGunigle are attached as producers, alongside Clooney, Grant Heslov, Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner. Michael Beugg is credited as executive producer.
Clooney and Pitt have also co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy: Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).